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Joab reported the number of warriors[a] to the king. In Israel there were 800,000 sword-wielding warriors, and in Judah there were 500,000 soldiers.

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  1. 2 Samuel 24:9 tn Heb “and Joab gave the number of the numbering of the people.”

Joab reported the number of the fighting men to the king: In Israel there were eight hundred thousand able-bodied men who could handle a sword, and in Judah five hundred thousand.(A)

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